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14 May 2008

Abstract MINI REVIEW: Angelo Auricchio and Frits W. Prinzen
Update on the pathophysiological basics of cardiac resynchronization therapy
Europace Advance Access published on May 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun127
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Abstract ARTICLE: Mohamed Majidi, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Sana M. Al-Khatib, Miguel E. Lemmert, Lilian Smolders, Anton van Weert, Johan H.C. Reiber, Dan Tzivoni, Frits W.H.M. Bär, Hein J.J. Wellens, Anton P.M. Gorgels, and Mitchell W. Krucoff
Reperfusion ventricular arrhythmia ‘bursts’ in TIMI 3 flow restoration with primary angioplasty for anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a more precise definition of reperfusion arrhythmias
Europace Advance Access published on May 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun123
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Abstract ARTICLE: Bruce L. Wilkoff, Angelo Auricchio, Josep Brugada, Martin Cowie, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, Anne M. Gillis, David L. Hayes, Jonathan G. Howlett, Josef Kautzner, Charles J. Love, John M. Morgan, Silvia G. Priori, Dwight W. Reynolds, Mark H. Schoenfeld, and Panos E. Vardas
HRS/EHRA Expert Consensus on the Monitoring of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices (CIED): Description of Techniques, Indications, Personnel, Frequency and Ethical Considerations
Europace Advance Access published on May 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun122
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13 May 2008

Abstract REVIEW: Bas A. Schoonderwoerd, Marcelle D. Smit, Lucas Pen, and Isabelle C. Van Gelder
New risk factors for atrial fibrillation: causes of ‘not-so-lone atrial fibrillation’
Europace Advance Access published on May 13, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun124
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7 May 2008

Abstract ARTICLE: C. Michael Fored, Fredrik Granath, Fredrik Gadler, Paul Blomqvist, Jenny Rynder, Cecilia Linde, Anders Ekbom, and Mårten Rosenqvist
Atrial vs. dual-chamber cardiac pacing in sinus node disease: a register-based cohort study
Europace Advance Access published on May 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun118
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EDITORIAL: Thomas Wichter
What role for autonomic dysfunction in Brugada Syndrome? Pathophysiological and prognostic implications
Europace Advance Access published on May 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun117
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Abstract ARTICLE: Deborah Chase, Paul J. Roderick, Hayley Burnley, Patrick J. Gallagher, Paul R. Roberts, and John M. Morgan
Is there unmet need for implantable cardioverter defibrillators? Findings from a post-mortem series of sudden cardiac death
Europace Advance Access published on May 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun114
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6 May 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: Maria Grazia Bongiorni, Andrea Di Cori, Ezio Soldati, Giulio Zucchelli, Luca Segreti, Gianluca Solarino, Raffaele De Lucia, and Mario Marzilli
Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reciprocating tachycardia using intracardiac echocardiography in pregnancy
Europace Advance Access published on May 6, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun120
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Abstract ARTICLE: Gertie C.M. Beaufort-Krol, Sebastiaan S.P. Dijkstra, and Margreet Th.E. Bink-Boelkens
Natural history of ventricular premature contractions in children with a structurally normal heart: does origin matter?
Europace Advance Access published on May 6, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun121
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2 May 2008

Abstract REVIEW: Caroline Medi and Jonathan M. Kalman
Prediction of the atrial flutter circuit location from the surface electrocardiogram
Europace Advance Access published on May 2, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun106
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Abstract ARTICLE: Paavo Uusimaa, Kari Ylitalo, Olli Anttonen, Tuomas Kerola, Vesa Virtanen, Eija Pääkkö, and Pekka Raatikainen
Ventricular tachyarrhythmia as a primary presentation of sarcoidosis
Europace Advance Access published on May 2, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun110
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1 May 2008

Abstract ARTICLE: David Farwell, Calum Redpath, David Birnie, Michael Gollob, Robert Lemery, Emoke Posan, and Martin Green
Inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks in fractured Sprint Fidelis leads associated with ‘appropriate’ interrogation
Europace Advance Access published on May 1, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun113
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IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: Benjamin Berte, Benedicte Eyskens, Geert Meyfroidt, and Rik Willems
Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia in fulminant myocarditis
Europace Advance Access published on May 1, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun105
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30 April 2008

EHRA EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Laurent Roten and Etienne Delacrétaz
QRS alternans and cycle length oscillation during narrow QRS tachycardia
Europace Advance Access published on April 30, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun116
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EHRA EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Laurent Roten and Etienne Delacrétaz
QRS alternans and cycle length oscillation during narrow QRS tachycardia
Europace Advance Access published on April 30, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun115
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29 April 2008

Abstract ARTICLE: Hasim Olgun, Tevfik Karagoz, Alpay Celiker, and Naci Ceviz
Patient- and lead-related factors affecting lead fracture in children with transvenous permanent pacemaker
Europace Advance Access published on April 29, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun109
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28 April 2008

IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: Alexander Grimster, Oliver R. Segal, and Elijah R. Behr
Type I Brugada electrocardiogram pattern during the recovery phase of exercise testing
Europace Advance Access published on April 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun101
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Abstract ARTICLE: Klaus K. Witte, Christopher B. Pepper, J. Campbell Cowan, John D. Thomson, Kate M. English, and Michael E. Blackburn
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in adult patients with tetralogy of Fallot
Europace Advance Access published on April 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun108
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27 April 2008

CASE REPORT: Hendrik Bonnemeier, Timothy Krauss, Klaus Brunswig, and Christof Burgdorf
Severe headache and a broken heart
Europace Advance Access published on April 27, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun107
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26 April 2008

EDITORIAL: Sanjiv Petkar and Adam Fitzpatrick
Tilt-table testing: transient loss of consciousness discriminator or epiphenomenon?
Europace Advance Access published on April 26, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun100
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22 April 2008

Abstract ARTICLE: Jens Cosedis Nielsen, Hans Kottkamp, Markus Zabel, Etienne Aliot, Ulrich Kreutzer, Alexander Bauer, Andreas Schuchert, Hans Neuser, Burghard Schumacher, Herwig Schmidinger, Günter Stix, Jacques Clémenty, Dejan Danilovic, and Gerhard Hindricks
Automatic home monitoring of implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Europace Advance Access published on April 22, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun099
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Abstract ARTICLE: Alistair Sandilands, Philip Boreham, Jonathan Pitts-Crick, and Tim Cripps
Impact of cryoablation catheter size on success rates in the treatment of atrioventricular nodal re-entry tachycardia in 160 patients with long-term follow-up
Europace Advance Access published on April 22, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun094
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19 April 2008

CASE REPORT: Dirk Vollmann, Lars Lüthje, and Markus Zabel
Far-field oversensing of atrial signals: an unusual cause for very short V–V intervals and inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy
Europace Advance Access published on April 19, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun103
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17 April 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: J. Alberto Lopez
New transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator configuration for use after tricuspid valve surgery
Europace Advance Access published on April 17, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun096
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Imre Kassai, Csaba Foldesi, Andrea Szekely, and Tamas Szili-Torok
New method for cardiac resynchronization therapy: transapical endocardial lead implantation for left ventricular free wall pacing
Europace Advance Access published on April 17, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun090
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Faizel Osman, Karim Ratib, Suresh Krishnamoorthy, Adnan Nadir, John Creamer, and Adrian Morley-Davies
Temporary pacing wire in the coronary sinus: a novel treatment of acute heart failure?
Europace Advance Access published on April 17, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun102
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Abstract ARTICLE: Jacob W.M. van Eck, Norbert M. van Hemel, Willem G. de Voogt, Joan G. Meeder, Hans A. Spierenburg, Har Crommentuyn, Rens Keijzer, Diederick E. Grobbee, Karel G.M. Moons, and on behalf of the FOLLOWPACE investigators
Routine follow-up after pacemaker implantation: frequency, pacemaker programming and professionals in charge
Europace Advance Access published on April 17, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun093
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EDITORIAL: Eric Buch and Kalyanam Shivkumar
Exploring the potential of pulmonary vein recordings: can they help elucidate mechanisms of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?
Europace Advance Access published on April 17, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun098
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Abstract ARTICLE: Eva Hertervig, Ole Kongstad, Erik Ljungstrom, Bertil Olsson, and Shiwen Yuan
Pulmonary vein potentials in patients with and without atrial fibrillation
Europace Advance Access published on April 17, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun092
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15 April 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: Takumi Yamada, Hugh Thomas McElderry, Vance J. Plumb, Harish Doppalapudi, Andrew E. Epstein, and George Neal Kay
Duplicated coronary sinus with a connecting branch
Europace Advance Access published on April 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun088
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14 April 2008

IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: Gian Battista Chierchia, Guy Van Camp, Andrea Sarkozy, Carlo de Asmundis, and Pedro Brugada
Double transseptal puncture guided by real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography during atrial fibrillation ablation
Europace Advance Access published on April 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun097
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10 April 2008

Abstract ARTICLE: Charalampos Kriatselis, Mattias Roser, Tang Min, Georgios Evangelidis, Martin Höher, Eckart Fleck, and Hong Gerds-Li
Ectopic atrial tachycardias with early activation at His site: radiofrequency ablation through a retrograde approach
Europace Advance Access published on April 10, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun091
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Abstract ARTICLE: Alexandre Meiltz, Marc Zimmermann, Philip Urban, Antoine Bloch, and on behalf of the Association of Cardiologists of the Canton of Geneva
Atrial fibrillation management by practice cardiologists: a prospective survey on the adherence to guidelines in the real world
Europace Advance Access published on April 10, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun086
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7 April 2008

CASE REPORT: Andrew S. Thornton, Maximo Rivero-Ayerza, and Luc J. Jordaens
Ablation of a focal left atrial tachycardia via a retrograde approach using remote magnetic navigation
Europace Advance Access published on April 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun080
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EDITORIAL: Adrian Baranchuk, Christopher S. Simpson, Damian P. Redfearn, and Mike Fitzpatrick
It's time to wake up!: sleep apnea and cardiac arrhythmias
Europace Advance Access published on April 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun078
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4 April 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: Masaomi Chinushi, Yukio Hosaka, Noboru Ikarashi, Kenichi Iijima, Hiroshi Furushima, and Yoshifusa Aizawa
Automatic R-wave and impedance testing with the modern patient alert system to reduce inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks due to lead fracture
Europace Advance Access published on April 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun095
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29 March 2008

Abstract ARTICLE: Giuseppe Fucà, Maurizio Dinelli, Lorella Gianfranchi, Sabrina Bressan, Catia Lamborghini, and Paolo Alboni
Do subjects with vasovagal syncope have subtle haemodynamic alterations during orthostatic stress?
Europace Advance Access published on March 29, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun067
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Damir Erkapic, Thomas Neumann, Jörn Schmitt, Johannes Sperzel, Alexander Berkowitsch, Malte Kuniss, Christian W. Hamm, and Heinz-Friedrich Pitschner
Electrical storm in a patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and SCN5A mutation
Europace Advance Access published on March 29, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun065
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12 March 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: Michalis Efremidis, Konstantinos P. Letsas, Antonios Sideris, and Fotios Kardaras
Reversal of premature ventricular complex-induced cardiomyopathy following successful radiofrequency catheter ablation
Europace Advance Access published on March 12, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun060
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6 March 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: Ignacio García-Bolao, Alfonso Macías, Jose Moreno, and Ana Martín
Fatal left internal mammary artery graft to subclavian vein fistula complicating dual-chamber pacemaker implantation
Europace Advance Access published on March 6, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun057
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3 March 2008

IMAGES IN ELECTROPYSIOLOGY: Peter J. Pugh and Jonathan R. Clague
Successful internal defibrillation following unusual positioning of defibrillator lead
Europace Advance Access published on March 3, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun047
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Abstract ARTICLE: Maren Tomaske, Paul Harpes, Natascha Woy, and Urs Bauersfeld
The efficacy of ventricular pacing with device automaticity in paediatric patients
Europace Advance Access published on March 3, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun038
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27 February 2008

Abstract ARTICLE: Stefan Peters
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia-cardiomyopathy and provocable coved-type ST-segment elevation in right precordial leads: clues from long-term follow-up
Europace Advance Access published on February 27, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun030
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19 February 2008

Abstract ARTICLE: Simonetta Genovesi, Chiara Dossi, Maria Rosa Viganò, Eleonora Galbiati, Federico Prolo, Andrea Stella, and Marco Stramba-Badiale
Electrolyte concentration during haemodialysis and QT interval prolongation in uraemic patients
Europace Advance Access published on February 19, 2008.
doi:10.1093/europace/eun028
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18 December 2007

Abstract ARTICLE: Mohamad Ali Babaee Bigi, Amir Aslani, and Arsalan Aslani
Significance of cardiac autonomic neuropathy in risk stratification of Brugada syndrome
Europace Advance Access published on December 18, 2007.
doi:10.1093/europace/eum272
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